The drive for the creation of a Faculty of Management Sciences dates back to 1983 during the tenure of Professor Adamu Baikie the Vice Chancellor of the University. At the time of the agitation, the request was for a Faculty of Administration to be carved out of the Faculty of Social Sciences. This request arose from the desire of staff and students of the Departments of Business Administration and Accounting to have a separate identity. Much later, NUC Accreditation Panel Report indicted the Departments of Business Administration and Accounting for being overloaded with social sciences courses and for not having a Faculty of Management Sciences consistent with current practice. This need was eventually met in 2005-2006 academic session with the creation of the Faculty of Management Sciences as contained in the University of Benin Strategic Plan for 2001-2010.